Eastern

Eastern:Characteristics: often having no wings, long, serpent-like bodies with four legs spaced far away from each other. has large ears, eyes, frills, "whiskers" and a long, forked tongue. Not seen as a threat, instead, it's a protector. There are many variations of Eastern dragon.

Druk (Bhutanese):A Druk is a thunder dragon that is much akin to the traditional Chinese dragons only shorter in both length and horns. They tend to have three toes. Druks love to hold jewels which represents their wealth.

Lung (Chinese): Long, serpentine dragons with four limbs and usually with 5 toes.

Long (Vietnam): the dragon brings rain, essential for agriculture. It represents the emperor, the prosperity and power of the nation. Like the Chinese dragon, the Vietnamese dragon is the symbol of yang, representing the universe, life, existence, and growth. Vietnamese dragon is the combined image of crocodile, snake, lizard and bird. Historically, the Vietnamese people lived near rivers, so they venerated crocodiles as "Giao Long", the first kind of Vietnamese dragon. the dragon is short, with a cat-like body and a fish's backfin. dragons' perfectly rounded bodies curve lithely, in a long sinuous shape, tapering gradually to the tail. The body has 12 sections, symbolising 12 months in the year. On the dragon's back are small, uninterrupted, regular fins. The head, held high, is in proportion with the body, and has a long mane, beard, prominent eyes, crest on nose (pointing forwards), but no horns. The legs are small and thin, and usually 3-toed. The jaw is opened wide, with a long, thin tongue; the dragons always keep a châu (gem/jewel) in their mouths (a symbol of humanity, nobility and knowledge). These dragons are able to change the weather, and are responsible for crops. The Tran dragon has new details: arms and horns. Its fiery crest is shorter. Its slightly curved body is fat and smaller toward the tail. There are many kinds of tail (straight and pointed tail, spiral tail) as well as many kinds of scale (a regular half-flower scale, slightly curved scale).The Tran dragon symbolised the martial arts, because the Tran kings were descended from a Mandarin commander. The Vietnamese had to fight Mongol invaders in this age.

Ryu (Japanese): Japanese ones are water deities associated with rainfall and bodies of water, and are typically depicted as large, wingless, serpentine creatures with clawed feet.

Tatsu (Japanese):Korean: benevolent beings related to water and agriculture, often considered bringers of rain and clouds. Hence, many Korean dragons are said to have resided in rivers, lakes, oceans, or even deep ponds within mountains. but it developed a longer beard than Chinese. Yeouiju (a dragon orb) was blessed with the abilities of omnipotence and creation at will that only four-toed dragons (who had thumbs with which to hold the orbs) were both wise and powerful enough to wield these orbs, as opposed to the lesser, three-toed dragons.